

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Battle Flags of Michigan
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 13 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Come view the new Battle Flags of Michigan film with special guest, Matt VanAcker!

The Michigan State Capitol Commission, Save the Flags, and Motion Possible–Cinematic Storytelling proudly present The Battle Flags of Michigan, a Bradley Egen film. This hour-long film documents the history of the Civil War battle flags that 90,000 Michigan soldiers fought, bled, and died beneath. Using period photographs, letters, and documents combined with modern film footage of numerous battlefields, the film tells not only the story of the Civil War and the essential role played by Michigan, but it also masterfully tells the story of the flags, their use in combat, and the continuing project to research and preserve them.

Matt VanAcker serves as the Director of the State Capitol Tour Guide and Information Service and as Co-Chair of Save The Flags (our project to preserve and research the Michigan State Capitol Battle Flag collection).

Matt's Bachelor of Arts degree is from Michigan State University with a major in History Education and a minor in Political Science.  

Matt started working at the Capitol the year after the restoration was complete in March of 1993 and has served first as the acting director and then the director since 2001.  His association with the Capitol Battle Flag collection started shortly after he began working in the Capitol and he has spent the better part of the last 25 years assisting in the care, research and conservation of the collection.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/saint-joseph/the-battle-flags-of-michigan/200029401302614
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, art, theatre, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029401302614?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=saint+joseph-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Saint Joseph
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: First Congregational Church UCC, St. Joseph
- **lat**: 42.095218579953
- **long**: -86.484584474481
- **full address**: First Congregational Church UCC, St. Joseph, 2001 Niles Ave,Saint Joseph, Michigan, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Civil War Round Table of Southwest Michigan (https://allevents.in/org/civil-war-round-table-of-southwest-michigan/26064005)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 13 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** First Congregational Church UCC, St. Joseph, 2001 Niles Ave,Saint Joseph, Michigan, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Civil War Round Table of Southwest Michigan
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, art, theatre, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Battle Flags of Michigan ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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